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A rare book on the period of Sikh-rule over Kashmir. After four centuries of Muslim rule, Kashmir fell to the conquering armies of the Sikhs under Ranjit Singh of Punjab after the Battle of Shopian in 1819. [68] As the Kashmiris had suffered under the Afghans, they initially welcomed the new Sikh rulers. [69]
In Search of a Future: The Story of Kashmir is a book written by Indian journalist and author David Devadas, first published in 2007 by Viking Penguin. [1] The book discusses the history of Kashmir, starting with the revolt of the Muslim majority populace against their ruler, and traces the roots of the insurgency in the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
Bamzai graduated from the Punjab University with honours in English Literature. During his tenure as a student, he accumulated a series of accomplishments and awards, notable among which were the Lord Chelsford Gold Medal for all-round best graduate and the Suraj Narain Gold Medal for his research on the social and economic condition of Kashmir ...
Christopher Snedden is an Australian political scientist and author. He has studied and published on the long-running Kashmir conflict between India and Pakistan.In his book, The Untold Story of the People of Azad Kashmir (2012), he proposed that the origins of the Kashmir dispute lay in the protests and eventual rebellion by the Kashmiri people of Poonch and Mirpur against Maharaja Hari Singh ...
Numerous parts of the book are dedicated to Ali's friends, such as the prologue, which is dedicated to childhood friend Irfan Hassan. The collection itself is dedicated to his mother and to the American poet James Merrill. [4] In the prologue, a line by Russian poet Osip Mandelstam is used as the epigraph, invoking Kashmir itself: [2] [5]
Tariq Ali in his essay "Story of Kashmir" explains how the valley which was once considered a paradise changed into a disputed region. Arundhati Roy in "Azadi: The only thing Kashmiris want" discusses Jawaharlal Nehru 's stance on the Kashmir issue by referring to his speeches, letters, telegrams and quotes under the header "Seditious Nehru."
The stories and their order in Tantrakhyayika within Book 10 are consistent with the tales and arrangement of the Kalila wa Demna more than even the Panchatantra, and it would appear therefore that we have in the Kathasaritsagara an earlier representative of the original collection than even the Panchatantra, at least as it is now met with.
Baharistan-i-shahi (Nastaliq:بہارستان شاہی) means Spring Garden of Royalty is a chronicle of medieval Kashmir. The Persian manuscript was written by an anonymous author, presumably in 1614. It details the political and social history of Kashmir, particularly focusing on the Sultanate period of Kashmir and Mughal rule. [1]